Quotes About Learning

That was stupid." Everything was clear, sharp. Note to self, never, ever jump into a gunship with a bot pilot and fight off a construct Attacker code again. You almost deleted yourself, Murderbot

Don't go wishing for what you know nothing about.

Many introverts don't feel as if they know enough about a subject until they know almost everything.

Children are like wet cement. Whatever falls on them makes an impression. —Haim Ginott

On any longer view, man is only fitfully committed to the rational -- to thinking, seeing, learning, knowing. Believing is what he's really proud of.

I enjoy books. No room is fit for occupation without a lining of books. They contain the condensed experiences of humanity. To live fully, one has to read widely.

Every educated person is a future enemy.

In adolescence students are suddenly turned loose on books worth reading, but generally don't know how to read them.

The real struggle is not between East and West, or capitalism and communism, but between education and propaganda.

To be a runner is to learn continual life lessons.

There was something she found intensely attractive about a man with a thirst for knowledge. Marc's obsessive love of books had been--she realized now--a huge part of his appeal....

Error is a hardy plant: it flourisheth in every soil.

Error is a hardy plant; it flourishes in every soil.

Code that communicates its purpose is very important. I often refactor just when I'm reading some code. That way as I gain understanding about the program, I embed that understanding into the code for later so I don't forget what I learned.

The lesson is: Even if you know exactly what is going on in your system, measure performance, don't speculate. You'll learn something, and nine times out of ten, it won't be that you were right!

But Michelangelo did not want us to know how he learned to sculpt and, whatever the truth of the matter, he succeeded in suppressing it. The impression he wanted to pass down was that he just picked up the art of sculpture through sheer brilliance and inherent understanding of design; conceivably, that might even be correct.

We must learn to draw from misfortune the means of future strength.

Education aims to give you a boost up the ladder of knowledge. Too often, it just gives you a cramp on one of its rungs.

The tragedy of education is played in two scenes - incompetent pupils facing competent teachers and incompetent teachers facing competent pupils.

Knowledge is a process of piling up facts; wisdom lies in their simplification.

Diagnosis is not the end, but the beginning of practice.

Education should be exercise; it has become massage.

The tragedy of education is played in two scenes — incompetent pupils facing competent teachers and incompetent teachers facing competent pupils.

Standardization is the fertilizer of college education. A little may be useful, but flowers do not grow in pure manure.